KUDANKULAM-2

Operational


Reactor Details

Reactor Type Model Owner Operator
PWR
VVER V-412
NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION OF INDIA, LTD.
NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION OF INDIA, LTD.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity) Design Net Capacity Gross Capacity Thermal Capacity
932 MWe
917 MWe
1000 MWe
3000 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date
04 Jul, 2002
10 Jul, 2016
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
29 Aug, 2016
31 Mar, 2017

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
36.24 TW.h
61.7 %
70.5 %
38.3 %
61.9 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year 2023

Operating History

Year Electricity Supplied
[GW.h] 		Reference Unit Power
[MW] 		Annual Time On Line
[h] 		Operation Factor
[%] 		Energy Availability Factor
[%] 		Load Factor
[%]
Annual Cumulative Annual Cumulative
2016 749.030 917 1790
2017 4147.800 932 4991 50.2 48.6 48.6 45.8 45.8
2018 2761.230 932 3846 43.9 33.8 40.2 33.8 39.0
2019 4573.820 932 8217 93.8 56.1 46.0 56.0 45.2
2020 5885.370 932 6446 73.4 70.9 52.6 71.9 52.3
2021 5537.430 932 6105 69.7 67.2 55.7 67.8 55.6
2022 6586.510 932 7079 80.8 79.6 59.8 80.7 59.9
2023 5988.250 932 6714 76.6 72.2 61.7 73.4 61.9
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.


Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-01-25


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